The Inheritance is the 10th Charles Lenox Mystery by Charles Finch. This one stood out by having a glance back into Lenox's Harrow days and also a surprising villain.
And the 8th Flavia de Luce Novel by Alan Bradley is Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd. Though Flavia is still twelve, she's slowly starting to react in a more mature and tactical way to some of the things around her and it's a pleasure to see.
Obviously I'm not going into the plots of these since they are so far along in their respective series, but I will tell you that they both have major changes and shocking happenings. I'm actually feeling a bit betrayed by both authors at the moment and hope they redeem themselves in the next books. It's less likely to happen with Finch because The Woman in the Water is actually a prequel, a return to Charles Lenox's first case, so I won't find out what happens next in the current timeline until book 12. But Bradley's choice of the title The Grave's a Fine and Private Place, as a riff on Peter S. Beagle's classic, is worrying me too because that was an incredibly depressing read and, in a way, I don't want to wade through what will inevitably come next in Flavia's life. I guess I have to give credit to these authors for not letting their series get stale and for making me care so much. I guess. ::broken heart emoji::
Are either of these series that you follow? Are you caught up?
Extremely invested,
K
I'm caught up on the Flavia series except for the newest one that came out last month; but I do have it on hold at my library. :) As for the other series, alas, I am woefully behind in that one.
ReplyDeleteI am trying to catch up on at least a couple of series but it would be impossible to be current with them all!
DeleteI'm sorry to confess that I don't like either of those series! To each their own I guess. ;)
ReplyDeleteI knew you didn't click with the Charles Lenox series but I missed that you also didn't like Flavia. You aren't the only one but it still seems weird. I love that series so much!
DeleteI'm caught up on Flavia and I have to say that the newest book doesn't really delve too much into the big thing that happened in Thrice the Brinded Cat. It kind of frustrated me because it seems there are all of these major events happening to Flavia and we don't get to see how it impacts her. Now I just have to wait and see what happens in #10 (which might be the last one).
ReplyDeleteI actually just finished the newest book today and was satisfied with the time skip forward but yes, things just seem to get tidy quickly. I thought she was slightly less mature than in the last book so maybe that regression was supposed to be some of the impact? Also, shouldn't she have had a birthday by now?!
DeleteAnd I hadn't heard that 10 might be the last. That would be sad because it seems like a fun new direction is starting.